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Testing with scrap fabric is a good idea even when you aren't stretching a lot. I started a new BOM a few years ago with pieces that were nothing unusual, but there were lots of them. I started with scraps because the kit didn't have an inch extra.
I pieced and pressed for hours, but couldn't get the 1st block to lay flat. As a desperate last resort, I ripped out 4 triangles that were puffing up too much, recut them with a different side on grain, and the block flattened out easily. I had followed the directions exactly, but didn't know until later that the designer hadn't tested the pattern before selling. They only told the LQS after a bigger problem showed up later.
Oh dear, I just wrote a book! My point is that even professional designers make mistakes.
I always (well usually) consider the cost/benefit side.
I pieced and pressed for hours, but couldn't get the 1st block to lay flat. As a desperate last resort, I ripped out 4 triangles that were puffing up too much, recut them with a different side on grain, and the block flattened out easily. I had followed the directions exactly, but didn't know until later that the designer hadn't tested the pattern before selling. They only told the LQS after a bigger problem showed up later.
Oh dear, I just wrote a book! My point is that even professional designers make mistakes.
I always (well usually) consider the cost/benefit side.
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Since we are all waiting for fabric or preparing ours for shipment, I thought I would share a few sources of blocks I have been looking at to pass the time.
https://www.patchworksquare.com/inde...age=1&link1=46
https://www.favequilts.com/?task=sea...rm=12%22+block
http://www.freshlemonsquilts.com/qui.../quilt-alongs/
http://www.quilterscache.com/BlocksbySizeC.html
Anyone have a favorite website for blocks that they would like to share?
https://www.patchworksquare.com/inde...age=1&link1=46
https://www.favequilts.com/?task=sea...rm=12%22+block
http://www.freshlemonsquilts.com/qui.../quilt-alongs/
http://www.quilterscache.com/BlocksbySizeC.html
Anyone have a favorite website for blocks that they would like to share?
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Klaws I'm not real sure and not home to measure it but I'm thinking when finished its 24 x 24? I had made 5-6 in various colors and was going to make one quilt with them but decided to use 4 of them as center pieces in quilts. I really like the Carpenter Star block, even the 12" one.
Maude, I buy the 100 blocks magazine each time it comes out. they have a LOT of patterns in each magazine and I know I don't use but 3-4 out of each but love looking at the new patterns each time. With Quilters Cache their patterns are not always finished 12 1/2" blocks but they have about any pattern you could imagine!
Maude, I buy the 100 blocks magazine each time it comes out. they have a LOT of patterns in each magazine and I know I don't use but 3-4 out of each but love looking at the new patterns each time. With Quilters Cache their patterns are not always finished 12 1/2" blocks but they have about any pattern you could imagine!
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Thank you for the kind words!! Thanks to everyone for support and suggestions. I will definitely look at all the links posted. I love quilting and excited to my first Boom!!
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Here are some more:
https://www.generations-quilt-patter...-patterns.html
https://www.quiltingcompany.com/150-...squilting-com/
(McCalls Quilting is now The Quilting Company, so there may be changes on the webpage.)
https://www.generations-quilt-patter...-patterns.html
https://www.quiltingcompany.com/150-...squilting-com/
(McCalls Quilting is now The Quilting Company, so there may be changes on the webpage.)
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